aircannonsinc Chapter 180 So That's How It Is
Chapter 180 So That's How It Is
Chapter 180 So That's How It Is
In the center of the camp, Taiyi stood still, looking annoyed. He patted his head, stomped his feet, and after some self-reflection, his chakra perception instantly activated.
Instantly, the entire camp appeared in his mind. Except for the places covered by the barrier, which he could not detect, his senses quickly found Minato's familiar chakra fluctuations.
When he spotted Minato in the grove of trees in the southeast corner of the camp, Minato's gaze followed the direction of his chakra perception.
That's a really keen sense of perception.
Taiyi quickly withdrew his chakra senses and bowed to the surroundings in apology.
Konoha has many capable people; even in this frontline camp, five ninjas have just sensed Taiichi's probing. This is why Taiichi bowed and apologized, as it is impolite to probe someone's territory without reason.
Over there, in the grove, Minato, who was instructing his team members on training, suddenly looked towards the camp, a commotion that naturally attracted Kakashi and the others' attention.
"Minato-sensei, what happened?" Rin, being more observant, was the first to notice Minato's unusual behavior.
"Ha, it's nothing. Taiichi might be coming over soon," Minato said uncertainly. The feeling and chakra fluctuations just now were definitely Taiichi.
Kakashi and Obito were completely bewildered. They looked in the direction Minato had just been looking, but found nothing. They were both amazed by Minato's strength.
Sure enough, within just a few minutes, Taiyi appeared in the grove, and he seemed to be in a hurry.
"Taiichi, it really is you!"
Taiichi was slightly taken aback and looked at Obito, who had spoken, with a puzzled expression. But when he saw Obito's knowing look, he realized that Minato must have told them about his upcoming visit.
He greeted everyone with a smile, and after some pleasantries, he got down to business with Minato: "Senior brother, Jiraiya-sensei sent me to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique from you." With that, he handed Jiraiya's warrant to Minato.
"Oh, the village's reward for you has come through?" Minato clearly knew about it too. "You chose the Flying Thunder God Technique! Aren't you really going to reconsider?"
"What? What Flying Thunder God? That name sounds so cool!" Obito exclaimed in surprise, like a child asking a question.
"Idiot, that's Minato-sensei's signature ninjutsu, the one he uses to teleport during battle. It's a very rare space-time ninjutsu." Kakashi scolded the ignorant Obito without any politeness, but still made sure to give Obito a little explanation.
"Space-time ninjutsu?" Obito was completely bewildered. This kind of knowledge was far too unfamiliar to him, given his consistently poor performance in theoretical exams.
Taiichi watched the two clowns joking around, smiled lightly, and ignored them. "It's confirmed. I'll choose this one. Jiraiya-sensei just told me about the difficulty, but I still want to give it a try."
After hearing this, Minato nodded knowingly, and looked at Taiichi with a meaningful smile, "I see, then I won't try to persuade you anymore."
Tai saw Minato's sly smile and knew that he had guessed Jiraiya's plan. As expected of master and disciple, their thoughts were so aligned.
"Minato-sensei, can we learn that Flying Thunder God technique too?" Obito asked directly, seeing the two of them speaking in riddles.
This is exactly what Kakashi and Rin wanted to ask, since the Flying Thunder God Technique is just too amazing, and they've been eyeing it for a long time.
However, Minato refused him outright, saying, "No, this is a ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals. If you want to learn it, you must make enough contributions and get the Hokage's permission. Moreover, the conditions for learning this ninjutsu are very strict, and not everyone can learn it."
Obito, Kakashi, and Rin were disappointed, but it was understandable; such advanced ninjutsu was definitely not something anyone could learn just by wanting to.
"Alright, you guys can practice here on your own. I'm taking Taiyi to the other side, so don't slack off!"
"Understood, Minato-sensei!" Obito's reply seemed to have lost its soul, becoming listless and weak.
Seeing Obito's expression, Taichi couldn't help but have a mischievous thought. "Obito, if you're not serious, I'll call Youhei over!"
Obito was startled, and the image of Yohei standing with his hands on his hips, laughing strangely, involuntarily flashed into his mind. He shivered all over, as his cousin had been giving him quite a bit of trouble lately.
"Quick, quick, Kakashi, let's spar."
On the other side of the grove, Minato and Taichi arrived.
"Taiyi, how much do you know about the Flying Thunder God Technique?"
"Not much, all I know is that it's a space-time ninjutsu, which seems to have been developed by the Second Hokage after being inspired by the Summoning Jutsu."
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"Indeed, the original Flying Thunder God was developed based on the art of spirit summoning, but it has undergone many iterations and upgrades before it can be used in actual combat."
As he spoke, Minato took out a scroll from his ninja tool bag and handed it to Taichi. "These are some of my insights and experiences from learning the Flying Thunder God Technique. You can take this first and look at it yourself later."
Taiichi accepted the scroll without any pretense, knowing that the knowledge within was worth no less than an S-rank ninjutsu. However, given his relationship with Minato, it would be too formal to refuse.
A simple "thank you" is enough to express your feelings; everything else can be kept in your heart.
Next, Minato explained in detail to Taichi the principles of the Flying Thunder God Technique and how to use it.
"The Flying Thunder God Technique is actually a ninjutsu that allows one to sense their own chakra from a distance and summon themselves there." Minato first summarized the Flying Thunder God Technique in his own words.
"The summoning techniques we use daily rely on summoning contracts as a medium, establishing a connection between the ninja and the summoned beast through a blood pact. The first step in the Flying Thunder God Technique is figuring out how to establish contact with the target you are heading to."
"We need to use a medium here, and usually, that medium is chakra. After all, chakra is something we produce ourselves, and ninjas are very familiar with it."
"But we all know that once chakra leaves the body, it will quickly dissipate. Therefore, the first difficulty in learning the Flying Thunder God Technique is the sealing technique that can preserve chakra for a long time, which is the Flying Thunder God Technique."
"Now that we have the medium, the next step is to perceive it. This perception is not the usual sense of perceiving things, but rather perceiving the specific coordinates of the medium in space."
"This is the most difficult aspect of the Flying Thunder God Technique. Most ninjas, even those with sensory abilities, lack this talent. They cannot perceive the medium they set up on a spatial level, and therefore cannot break the constraints of space to teleport."
Minato truly lived up to his reputation as a good senior and a good teacher. After his explanation, even though it was Taiichi's first time encountering the Flying Thunder God Technique, he had a pretty good understanding of the principles behind the technique.
However, when Minato mentioned that mysterious spatial talent, he became somewhat vague.
"Senior brother, what exactly is this spatial talent, or what did you feel when you sensed the Flying Thunder God Technique?"
Minato scratched his head, looked up at the sky, and seemed to be thinking about what language to use to express himself.
"That feeling—is like seeing a faint light in the vast ocean, flickering and uncertain, yet undeniably there."
Taiyi was full of question marks. What kind of description was this? Was it too abstract and did he miss the point at all?
Minato seemed to notice Taiichi's confusion and tried hard to think of how to describe the feeling, but it was like an itch inside the body. You know it's there, but you can't grab it or scratch it, which only makes you feel annoyed.
At this moment, Taiyi finally understood why so many people couldn't learn the Flying Thunder God Technique. This "spatial talent" really is a talent. If you have it, you either do or you don't. No matter how hard you try, you won't be able to learn it, and you won't even be able to understand it.
Taichi then skipped that part and went straight to learning the Flying Thunder God Technique from Minato.
This isn't the "Sword of Endurance and Love" that Minato directly carved onto the kunai; it's just the final product that Minato presented after extensive research and practice.
The true Flying Thunder God Technique is incredibly complex. Even with Taiyi's level 11 sealing technique, he discovered a large number of runes he had never encountered before—spatial runes. And these runes are the core runes of the Flying Thunder God Technique.
The lesson lasted until evening, and it was during this lesson that Minato discovered that Taiichi's foundation in sealing techniques was far superior to his own.
Taiyi could understand and master the Flying Thunder God techniques after being taught them only once. The only things that needed detailed explanation were the runes that involved space.
"Senior Brother Minato, thank you so much for your careful instruction today. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to learn such a complex technique so quickly."
Taiichi expressed his heartfelt gratitude, not everyone is like Minato, who shares his knowledge so generously.
"Don't be so polite." Minato patted Taichi on the shoulder. "If there's anything you don't understand, remember to ask me anytime. Don't try to figure it out on your own, especially about spatial perception."
"Finally, if you really can't learn it, don't force it. Just go to Jiraiya-sensei and try a different ninjutsu."
Goodness, they're not even pretending anymore, they're just blatantly cheating. They truly are master and disciple, but Taiyi really likes them.
"Don't worry, senior brother, I know what I'm doing."
"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. The rest is up to you. I won't bother you any longer."
With that, Minato waved to Taiichi and vanished in a flash. Taiichi's forehead swelled with disbelief. Was he just showing off in front of him? How convenient! He'd have to show off too once he learned how to do it.
After Minato left, only Taiichi remained in the grove.
He then looked at his control panel.
【Flying Thunder God Lv0 (99/100)】
Perhaps it was because Taichi's foundation was solid enough, or perhaps it was because Minato's teaching was detailed enough, but in any case, after Minato taught Taichi all the theories of Flying Thunder God, the progress of Flying Thunder God reached Lv0 (99/100).
After that, it seemed to get stuck there. No matter how Minato explained it, or whether Taichi understood it or not, there was no progress at all.
At this point, Taiyi understood that the principles of "Heaven rewards diligence" and "one certificate is eternal" also have a foundation. If your body doesn't have the necessary conditions, then even if you study it thoroughly, you still won't know it.
Just as humans understand the principles of bird flight, but can never fly like a bird because they don't have wings, no matter how well they understand the principles, it's all in vain.
However, this is where Taiyi went wrong. With skill points, he wanted to turn the impossible into the possible. If you don't have spatial talent, then create one for you.
The panel changed immediately after each skill point was consumed.
【Flying Thunder God Lv1 (1/100)】
First, the Flying Thunder God skill was directly upgraded to Lv1, and then the experience points kept jumping up.
Lv2——
Lv3————
Lv4.
It didn't stop until Lv4 (231/600), which shows that Taiyi's foundation was deep enough that he had such a high level of proficiency as soon as he learned it.
A flood of memories and insights surged forth, accompanied by a strange feeling—every cell in his body seemed to have undergone a baptism, and the reality of the world was revealed to Taiyi in a new light.
At this moment, when Taiichi observed the world again, he finally understood what Minato's mysterious description meant.
It wasn't that he didn't explain it clearly enough, but rather that it was truly difficult to describe the feeling.
The sense that people are born to live on the earth and fish have always lived in flowing water is something that people accustomed to this way of life cannot describe.
Only someone like Taiyi, who couldn't sense space before but can suddenly feel it now, can truly understand the difference between the two.
This is like a person who originally lived on land suddenly being able to live in water; only through such a stark contrast can one truly understand the difference.
He waved his hand and released a ball of chakra. Although it dissipated quickly, Taiichi could still clearly feel it.
Compared to before, Taiyi can now not only feel his presence in reality, but also in the spatial realm, a ball of chakra constantly radiates its own presence as space flows.
This is spatial perception. It truly is a talent-dependent ability. Without it, no matter how hard you try to learn, you simply can't perceive it. But with it, it's like something is clearly blocking your way; you don't even need to learn it.
Next, Taiichi will try to create his own unique Flying Thunder God Technique formula. Although theoretically, as long as one can sense their own chakra, one can activate the Flying Thunder God Technique even without the formula.
But the existence of the Flying Thunder God Technique naturally has its reasons.
Its various runes, especially those related to space, can not only preserve the existence of chakra for a long time, but also amplify the presence of chakra, allowing the caster to more easily and quickly capture their own mark in intense battles.
With his hands forming hand seals, his chakra transformed into earth-attribute energy. Through superb chakra control and shape manipulation, a table and chairs quickly materialized in front of him.
Taiyi took out paper and pen and quickly wrote down the most primitive Flying Thunder God Technique formula. Then, according to his own understanding and needs, he continuously simplified and compressed it. Finally, after using up a dozen drafts, the final product appeared.
Unlike Minato's "Sword of Love and Resistance", Taichi's Flying Thunder God Technique was ultimately defined as "Invincible with Me".